CHEN MEE

Description

Biographical informationChen Mee was born in January 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1894. He was just under five feet and four inches in height.

He was recorded as a market gardener from at least 1910 to 1936. Between 1916 and 1926 he worked on a market garden in Peninsula Road, Maylands (B).

He travelled overseas four times: October 1910 to November 1911; March 1915 to July 1916; January 1919 to May 1920; and January 1926 to April 1927. He left Western Australia permanently in February 1936 (D).Other nameChen Mee (differentiated name)Date of birthJanuary 1870

Chen Mee aged 44 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/18)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Peninsula Road, MaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1926NAA CEDT File 1936NAA War Registration File 1916-1920NAA Immigration File 1918-1936

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1894

UWA Collected

CHEN MEE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA